Guides, stories and insights for internationals building a new life abroad.
Air pollution from fine airborne particles is responsible for around 725 deaths in Dublin and around 1,300 nationally every year, according to research. A study published by the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the number of expected deaths in the city from pollution from diesel vehicles alone could be up to 144 per annum. Most […]
There’s no denying that the past year has been tough on everyone. Businesses everywhere have been severely affected, with the constant wave of uncertainty and yoyo-ing back-and-forth of opening and closing every couple of months hitting local sellers particularly hard. Independent bookshops are the absolute gems of every city and town, bringing a sense of […]
Companies around the world have found a way of producing meat by the culture of the animal’s cells. Could this spread worldwide and become a sustainable meat substitute? What is SuperMeat? SuperMeat was founded in 2015 by an Israeli company that strived to create cultured chicken made from the cell tissue of this animal. […]
The Gender Pay Gap (GPG) is defined as the percentage difference between the average gross hourly earnings for women and men. It compares the pay of all working men and women; not just those in similar jobs, with similar working patterns or with similar competencies, qualifications or experience. Gender equality in the workplace in Ireland […]
On the 1st of March, 2021 a new episode of the podcast series Renegades: Born in the USA was released. This podcast is in fact, a collection of conversations between artist Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama, former president of the United States of America (2009-2017). As its title indicates the focus of the conversation is […]
All Government workers will receive a 1% pay rise along with other workers in the public sector– pushing TD’s basic salary from around €98,000 to over €100,000. Over 343,000 public sector workers will be in line for the pay increase, flagged as part of the Public Service Stability Agreement agreed back in June 2017. This […]
Colourfully painted fridges stocked full of free food began to crop up all across America last year, as the pandemic took its cruel toll. As the first wave of COVID-19 struck in 2020, the unemployment rate across the US jumped from 4.4% to a whopping 14.7% between March and April, leaving a vast population struggling […]
Should you separate art from the artist? Should you separate art from the artist? “Should we separate art from the artist?” is a problematic question that arises again and again whenever a controversial artist comes up in the news cycle. It’s a problem that doesn’t have a clear-cut answer. Unfortunately, there are far […]
Kpop has taken the world by storm in the past number of years. On a personal level, my younger sister is a massive fan of the group BTS, so I can see, first hand, the loyalty of their fan base. K-pop is a genre of popular music which originated from South Korea in the early […]
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